Prism

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears....John Vance Cheney



Prism

When a soul shatters,
cleaves apart,
it is a prism.

The light, refracted
in rainbows,
pours out through the skin.

This coat of colors,
blot of Cain,
makes us most human.

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